Benjamin Orr

Ben Uses a Vox teardrop bass throughout the entire song

In this photo, Orr can be seen playing a Music Man Stingray bass.

(The title should read Music Man StingRay Bass. This was well before Ernie Ball bought the company.)

In the mid-1980s, Benjamin Orr incorporated Guild Pilot basses into his performances, as evidenced by footage from "The Cars ☮ Just What I Needed" on YouTube. He was seen playing both black and red models during this period. By 1987, during the "Door to Door" era, he returned to using Fender Precision Active basses.

In this photo, Orr can be seen playing a Fender Precision Bass.

In this photo, Orr can be seen with a white Gibson EB-6.

In this image, Orr is playing a Spector NS2 bass.

Orr can be seen in this photo playing a Rickenbacker 4001.

In this interview with The Cars in 2000, just before Benjamin Orr died, The Cars mention Benjamin owning a bunch of pedals and Benjamin mentions the Mutron Octavider (Octave Divider) which was a key component in the sound of a lot of early Cars songs like "All Mixed Up" and "Moving in Stereo".

On Orr's tribute site, there is a photo of him playing a black Gibson Les Paul.

In this image, Orr can be seen playing a Dean ML Metalman bass.

In this photo, Benjamin is shown using his Steinberger L2 bass. He purchased it in 1982 (after the devastating apartment fire that destroyed much of his gear, including his silver StingRay, Ibanez Rocket Roll V, Vox basses,etc.), and used it on and off throughout the rest of his life.

Ben Orr can be seen playing an Ibanez Rocket Roll bass in this clip.

During the Live Aid performance of The Cars on July 13, 1985, Benjamin Orr can be seen using a Shure SM57 microphone. This performance is documented in the video titled "The Cars - Just What I Needed (Live Aid 1985)" provided by Live Aid on YouTube.

In the photo, Benjamin Orr is seen near a Peavey 240 Standard head, confirming his use of this equipment.